Rob Portman: “We had a vote today of 306 to 74 on this legislation. We worked on it for 2 weeks on the floor of the House, over 30…”

“We had a vote today of 306 to 74 on this legislation. We worked on it for 2 weeks on the floor of the House, over 30 hours of debate. That means we got about 130 Democrats to support the bill today. This is despite again a lot of disagreement on the other side. We had health debate and we worked hard on this bill. None of this stuff is easy to do. You have to roll up your sleeves and really work at it. But we got to the point of final passage after accepting a lot of amendments and perfecting the bill where a large bipartisans group of the members of this House decided yes, it is time to step up to the plate and start being accountable for what we do for the States and localities.”